Police Matters : The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 19001975

Cornell University Press

Police Matters\nby Radha Kumar\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Radha Kumar\nTitle: Police Matters\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Asian history\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781501761065\nISBN-10: 1501761064\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nPolice Matters moves beyond the city to examine the intertwined nature of police and caste in the Tamil countryside. Radha Kumar argues that the colonial police deployed rigid notions of caste in their everyday tasks, refashioning rural identities in a process that has cast long postcolonial shadows.\nKumar draws on previously unexplored police archives to enter the dusty streets and market square.